08/11/2026
Real Estate.
Fire showing is a GOOD thing. We know where it is and we know where to engage. The amazing thing about the fire fight is there’s a simplicity in movement of we choose the right opening to start extinguishment.
One of the main goals of an effective Engine Company is to take back ground from the fire. If fire meets us at the front door we need to meet it with a hose line. Open up, knock down, shut down, and get moving, then repeat.
The amazing thing about this is everyone else who’s arriving on the fire ground now knows where the Engine is & what they’re doing. FFs preforming other tasks now know to choose another entry mode that’s not stalling the fire fight. Searchers are the people on the Fire Ground that want to make entry opposite the fire so we can work our way towards the fire and then work our way back to the openings.
Chaos ensues due to a lack of understanding of proper entry and movement. If we all choose the same opening, that said opening is going to be clogged and clogged fast. It’s not that we’re avoiding each other, it’s the fact of simultaneous movement at different entry points.
Work smart. It pays off.
My good friends over Engine Co. 3 doing what they do best.